Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-10
LIQUOR IrCTy~rS.
The Liquor Dealers. Association ac-
lively nt work.

wHAr THY ARR DoNG-rHrY VII arrINrT TO
HAvEA REVISION 90 THs IloUoa LAWS Hr coS-
GRRsS.
The executive cOmmitte oS the LIQUOR Dealers
Association is In session every day 60 ass,st rs
members In obtaining licenses Col West sfeeyer
has been engaged rs attorney Tor tae association.
he told STAR reporter to-day that tne ASP tafion
has amemoershipof 440. and that taey are grocer'
restaurant and hotel-keepers and saloon men, on
OF the objects 90 the association he said D. 20 weed
out the keepers Of dlsrpuiahle places and &C
make the business respectable ~ possbla n Is
not connected with the Wholesale Liquor peal~rs
Association in any way, nor are these dealers al.
mitted 10 membership.
TIE ExECUTTvE COMMITTEE
which meets at the Emmett HOUSE IN New jersey
avenue, is composed OF ID. oBrien chairman T.
sullivan. and Peter wynne. There they assist
S SSsa mem members as apply g item % make
tanning petitions 10 counteract the effect O. any
protests that may be nled by the temperance
people. 20 obtain signatures 20 applications. a..
Col Steever SAID that the chairman, r. IaTabn,cht,
al The committee on legislation of the association,
Is preparing petition 70 present u coagress ASA
lng tue repeal OF that mart OF the present law
which requires that the consent a. a majority ot
Tue property owners ana residents on tle sans
slde OF The square as ana on that opposite 90 the
earroom, must be obtainsd before a lcenss can be
granted.
THE LIQUOR DEALERS CLAIM
that THIS law Is Unconstitutional and that its en-
iorcemeai is a source OF continual humiliation %
them. and that it imposes upon th,aa a heavy tax,
as very often 20 OBTAIN the require majority they
spend from $500 Co al 600 a year BE SAD II il An
Outrage thar an American citizen who de1r.s to
enter tne liquor business must net only gai1 tbs
sentstiVes OF foreign nations COL Steeyer citea
instances where applicants for Licenses were OBJ
rious foreign legations
IN REFERENCE 10 TuR sruoot -uor-Sx or-fs,rox
Col steever said that the dealers DO not want the
distance 10 be measured In an airline They BE-
i've tnat the proposition TO measure along the
usual nne OF travel Is the proper and eluitable
regard with favor the Massachusetts, statute In
reference 60 school-houses and bAr-ruoms He
Sonsiaers we present mode OF measuring the DIS
eanee as unfair, and thinks that we're Tine matter
carried into court decision would be made I'm
favor OF the liquor dealers.
ACTION on APPLICATIONS FoE LtcrSsSS
The following applications for nstnses 10 retail
liquor have been approved Northwest section-A.
W. Noak, 1881 street; J. Herdman. 1911
street; ID. Hagerty, l2d3 PENNSYLVANIA avenue. A.
W. Hancock. 1884 Pennsylvania avenue: I. Gruc-
In, 1910 L street; Gersten6erg a Co, i34s 9
street; J. A. Greason Co, 1903 street: T. Baier
Zoo ID street; j. White. l22o Pennsylvania ave.
nue..
The following applications for wholesale licenses
northwest; Mary q. Day. no ID street northeast;
q. Carey, 343 LIST street northeast.
CONFERENCE Tomorrow.
Frank Madigan and James l. Barbour, OF the
Board OF Trade, called upon the Commissioners
to-day and arranged for aconference Tomorrow on
the liquor question.
Mr. Madigan stated 20 q STAR reporter that at
The meeting OF merchants in Sheas Hall Tuesday
night a regular board Of trade was org an1ed- The
association Is comprised OF All KINDS OF merchants,
VINO nave organized Tor self-prOtection. The
officers have not been elected, but VIII be at The
next meeting.
The committee appointed 20 confer with the
commissioners Is composed of Jno. l. Barbour, y.
II. snea, Horatio Browning, j. e. ErgOod. and h.
T. Madlgan.